An application program, system and methods are configured to implement concurrent multiuser epistemological collaboration, that is, collaborative development of a digital knowledge model based on at least one epistemological “experience,” which is stored as a structured data entity containing information that can be personally perceived (typically viewed, read, observed) by multiple concurrent users of the application over a network. The users develop the digital knowledge model, by way of GIU interactions, comprising assertion entities and belief entities based on the experience and/or selected portions of the experience defined by focus entities; wherein each set of assertion entities is related as a child of a corresponding individual experience of the set of experience entities; and each set of belief entities is related as a child of a corresponding individual assertion of the set of assertion entities.
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1. A processor-implemented system comprising: an application provisioned on an application server configured for communications over a computer network; a database server accessible to the application; a plurality of client machines operatively configured to access the network and communicate with the application, each client machine including a program providing a GUI for interaction with the application; the database server storing structured data to implement a digital knowledge model, wherein the model comprises a set of experience entities, a set of assertion entities, and a set of belief entities; wherein each experience entity conforms to a single, predetermined experience entity set of properties, each assertion entity conforms to a single, predetermined assertion entity set of properties, and each belief entity conforms to a single, predetermined belief entity set of properties; wherein each set of assertion entities is related as a child of a corresponding individual experience of the set of experience entities; wherein each set of belief entities is related as a child of a corresponding individual assertion of the set of assertion entities; wherein the application implements interaction with the client machines for multiple users to concurrently develop the model; wherein the application is arranged to generate an interactive, graphical user interface display on the client machine to create a model, an assertion set, and a belief set, as well as the creation of new root experience entities; the graphical user interface display further provides a model graph for interactive graphical display of the relationship among a model's component entities including experience entities, focus entities, assertion entities, and beliefs; and wherein the application is configured to update the stored model responsive to client machine interactions and update user interface displays so that a user can input a reaction to an update provided by another user; wherein the experience entity set of properties include its title, creating user, creation date and time, model, format kind, MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension) type, perceptual content URL (Uniform Resource Locator), “thumbnail” image URL for previewing the content, and a key-value mapping generic properties list; wherein the experience entity has at least one derivative experience subclass; and further wherein the derivative experience subclass has a format selected from a group of formats that includes include a text experience which reference a single block of textual characters, image experience which references a single flat bitmap or vector image, audio experience which references a single continuous auditory recording, video experiences which references a single continuous video recording, file experience which references a single computerized file of any type, and website experience which references a single network URL such as for an Internet website.
2. A processor-implemented system comprising: an application provisioned on an application server configured for communications over a computer network; a database server accessible to the application; a plurality of client machines operatively configured to access the network and communicate with the application, each client machine including a program providing a GUI for interaction with the application; the database server storing structured data to implement a digital knowledge model, wherein the model comprises a set of experience entities, a set of assertion entities, and a set of belief entities; wherein each experience entity conforms to a single, predetermined experience entity set of properties, each assertion entity conforms to a single, predetermined assertion entity set of properties, and each belief entity conforms to a single, predetermined belief entity set of properties; wherein each set of assertion entities is related as a child of a corresponding individual experience of the set of experience entities; wherein each set of belief entities is related as a child of a corresponding individual assertion of the set of assertion entities; wherein the application implements interaction with the client machines for multiple users to concurrently develop the model; wherein the application is arranged to generate an interactive, graphical user interface display on the client machine to create a model, an assertion set, and a belief set, as well as the creation of new root experience entities; the graphical user interface display further provides a model graph for interactive graphical display of the relationship among a model's component entities including experience entities, focus entities, assertion entities, and beliefs; and wherein the application is configured to update the stored model responsive to client machine interactions and update user interface displays so that a user can input a reaction to an update provided by another user; and wherein properties of a focus entity include its creating user, creation date and time, model, format kind, originating parent experience, and dependent child experience.
3. The system according to claim 2 , wherein the focus entity has at least one associated derivative focus format that inherits the properties of the focus entity type and defines a specific feature or subset of the focus entity.
4. The system according to claim 3 , wherein the derivative focus format is selected from a set of derivative focus formats that includes a topic focus which represents a single textual topic or question of the parent experience, an index focus which represents a single real number index or linear position within the parent experience, a span focus which represents a real number start and end linear positions within the parent experience, a position focus which represents a two or three dimensional real number position within the parent experience 101 , and a region focus 404 which represents a two or three dimensional region as a series of two or three dimensional real number positions (points) mapping a manifold surface through its maximum closed extents.
5. A processor-implemented system comprising: an application provisioned on an application server configured for communications over a computer network; a database server accessible to the application; a plurality of client machines operatively configured to access the network and communicate with the application, each client machine including a program providing a GUI for interaction with the application; the database server storing structured data to implement a digital knowledge model, wherein the model comprises a set of experience entities, a set of assertion entities, and a set of belief entities; wherein each experience entity conforms to a single, predetermined experience entity set of properties, each assertion entity conforms to a single, predetermined assertion entity set of properties, and each belief entity conforms to a single, predetermined belief entity set of properties; wherein each set of assertion entities is related as a child of a corresponding individual experience of the set of experience entities; wherein each set of belief entities is related as a child of a corresponding individual assertion of the set of assertion entities; wherein the application implements interaction with the client machines for multiple users to concurrently develop the model; wherein the application is arranged to generate an interactive, graphical user interface display on the client machine to create a model, an assertion set, and a belief set, as well as the creation of new root experience entities; the graphical user interface display further provides a model graph for interactive graphical display of the relationship among a model's component entities including experience entities, focus entities, assertion entities, and beliefs; and wherein the application is configured to update the stored model responsive to client machine interactions and update user interface displays so that a user can input a reaction to an update provided by another user; and wherein the derivative experience subclass has a format including a map experience which references a two-dimensional map.
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